10 Greatest College Running Backs

9. Ricky Williams - Texas

The video has Williams 10th but we put him 9th.

From Wikipedia...

Williams accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
University of Texas, where he played for the Texas Longhorns football team from
1995 to 1998. Williams holds or shares 20 NCAA records, and became the NCAA
Division I-A career rushing leader in 1998 with 6,279 yards (broken one year
later by University of Wisconsin's Ron Dayne). Williams had a sensational senior
season, highlighted by rushing for nine touchdowns and 385 yards in the season's
first two games; rushing for 318 yards and six touchdowns against Rice; rushing
for 350 yards and five touchdowns against Iowa State; and rushing for 150 yards
against Nebraska's Black Shirt defense. He helped beat longtime rival Oklahoma
rushing for 166 rushing yards and two scores.

Williams broke the NCAA career rushing record during the
annual rivalry game held the day after Thanksgiving (this particular year fell
on November 27, 1998) between Texas and Texas A&M. Needing only 11 yards
to break Tony Dorsett's 22-year old NCAA Division 1-A all-time rushing record
(6,082), Williams approached the line of scrimmage with 1:13 left in the first
quarter; taking the handoff, Williams spun through clearing blocks by left tackle
Leonard Davis and left guard Roger Roesler. After surging past Texas A&M
linebacker Warrick Holdman, Williams took advantage of a lead block by fullback
Ricky Brown and then streaked down the left sideline. Williams then powered
through a tackle attempt by Texas A&M safety Rich Coady at the A&M 12.
He then took advantage of a block by wide receiver Wane McGarrity, barging past
cornerback Jason Webster's tackle at the goal line.

The game was briefly stopped while Williams received the
game ball and was honored by a group of dignitaries including Dorsett. Williams'
record-breaking run gave Texas a 10-0 lead in its eventual 26-24 upset of sixth-ranked
Texas A&M. He finished the game racking up 259 yards on a career-high 44
carries. He broke the NCAA Division I-A career rushing touchdowns and career
scoring records in 1998 with 73 and 452 respectively (topped one year later
by Miami University's Travis Prentice), and rushed for 200 or more yards in
twelve different games (an NCAA record he shares with Dayne and USC's Marcus
Allen). Williams won the 64th Heisman Trophy, becoming the second Texas Longhorn
to win this honor, joining Earl Campbell.